Mail-deliverer.



JOHN RASMUS LllENDRIGKSON, OF SUNNY SLOPE, ALBERTA, CANADA. Y

MAIL-DELIVERER.

p No. 906,227.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application led April 24, 1908. Serial No. 428,940.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN RAsMUs HEN- DRroxsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at Sunny Slope, in the county of Calgary, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Deliverers, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to mail bag delivery devices such as are used on mail coaches of railway trains.

Broadly speaking, it comprises a delivery arm adapted to be secured to the car and thrown out at one side to carry and deliver the bag to a yieldingly supported catcher or receiver mounted at the side of the track, and acatcher of the character described adapted to receive the bag from the delivery arm.

In order to more clearly disclose the construction, operation and use of the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings Jforming part of the present application.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference characters designate the same parts.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective of the bag catcher or receiver; Fig.-2 is a cross section of Fig. 3 on line 2 2, looking in the direction of the arrow; and, Fig. 3 is a perspective of the bag delivery hook detached.

The usual receiving hook at present commonly used on many of the roads may be very well adapted for delivering the bags by providing its outer arm with a rearwardly extending hook 1 in which the neck of the mail bag may be tightly wedged, also it may be adapted for reversal by using two locking lugs 2, one on either side of the usual position of the single lug now used, the lug at present in use being, of course, omitted. This delivery hook is used with the common form of support employed with the usual bag receiving hook, and, being of well known construction and operation, it is not thought necessaryto further illustrate or describe it.

The receiving device adapted to coperate with this delivery hook comprises two pairs of arms 3, the arms of each pair` diverging rapidly at their outer extremities and forming at their junction a long narrow wedge sha )ed assave adapted to rip tightl the j p c i g y been detached by the reception or' a mail bag,

as will later appear, the plates 4 carry between them the roller or wheel 8 over which passes the cable or rope 9, the opposite ends of which are secured to the side posts 10 by suitable adjustable or tightening devices 1l. The rope 9 is secured to the side posts in such manner that its ends are considerably above and slightly behind its center point which passes over the pulley 3.

A rotatable rod 12 is mounted in brackets 13 secured to the center ost and is provided with teeth 14 and a hoo 15. The teeth 14 are adapted to engage and hold the cable 9 when the receiving device has been pulled from its support and thus prevent the receiverfrom falling to the ground. The hook 15 is adapted to prevent the cable from flying over the top of the center post as the bag is received.

The lower bracket 13 is notched as at 16 for the reception of the rotating lever 17, so that the rope 12 may be locked in either an operative or inoperative position.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The neck of a mail bag is wedged tightly into the hook 1 and the delivery arm swung out just as the common receiver or gatherer is swung out to position at present, as the train approaches the receiver at the side of the track the hook 1 passes slightly above the arms 3 and the bag neck is wedged forcibly in the narrow opening between the arms, pushing the receiver to one side and dragging the jaws 5 from the supporting member 6. whole action is quick and necessarily accompanied with considerable force which tends to throw the receiver and bag upward and forward over the center post. However, as the cable is thrown upward it either drops immediately on one of the teeth 14, or else strikes the hook 15 and then falls to the teeth, where it is held, thereceiver sliding back and forth on the cable until the force imparted to it by the bag'is-spent.

When the bag is to be removed the station Due to the speed ofthe train thel i, such Within this application, wherein only a preferred form has been shown and described.

Havingl thus fully described my invention7 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. In a device of the character described7 a delivery hook adapted to be securedto a mail car, a receiver adapted to receive the bag from the hook, a support for said receiver, spring clamping jaws ada ted to yieldingly connect the receiver to tie support7 a cable on Which the receiver slides after it is detached from the support7 and vrneans for holding the cable and receiver in elevated position after the receiver has become detached from its support.

2. In a device of the character described, a delivery hook adapted to be secured to a mail car, a receiver adapted toreceive the bag from the hook, a support for said receiver7 spring clamping jaws adapted to yieldingly connect the receiver to the support, a cable on Which the receiver slides after it is detached from the support, and means for holding the cable and receiver in elevated position after the receiver has become detached fromits sup ort, said means comprising a rod providedp with teeth by Which the cable is supported, and a hook adapted to prevent the cable from flying over the top of a post to which the aforesaid support is secured.

3. In a device of the character described, a delivery hook adapted to be secured to a mail car, a receiver adapted to receive the bag from the hook, a support for said receiver, spring clamping jaws adapted to yieldingly connect the receiver to the support, a cable on which the receiver slides after it is detached from the support, means for holding the cable and receiver in elevated position after the receiver has become detached from its support, said means comprising a rod provided with teeth by which the cable is supported and a hook adapted to prevent the cable from flying over the top of a post to Which the aforesaid support is secured, and means for locking said rod in operative or inoperative position.

In, Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOHN RASMUS HENDRICKSON.

Witnesses:y

C. T. MiDnLnroN, F. SHAcKLEToN. 

